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I find TFS very informative. Wish I had a story to share.
My goal is to make it up to Camp Perry.
Keep up the GOOD work.
Rick P.
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Hank
I just wanted to add my two cents about The First Shot. I really enjoy receiving The First Shot via email. I read all the articles to learn what is happening at CMP and in competitive shooting.
I espically enjoy seeing the accomplishments of the junior shooters. They are the future of this sport I love so much. I can't wait for take my grandkids out and introduce them to the sport of shooting.
I only hope that one day I will also take the trip to Camp Perry. I have read the annual reports in the NRA magazine and now the CMP site for the last 20 years or so. One day, I will make it there.
M. N.
I've never made it up to Camp Perry (Kelley's Island is a close as I've been), but I love reading the well-assembled newsletter!
I enjoy shooting, although seldom do it... just so busy raising kids and working. Keep up the good work!
K. M.
Uniontown, Ohio
Just received by E-Mail-attached "SHOOTING NEWS FROM THE CMP" --very
impressive publication. Thanks very much!
With best regards,
P. Nelson
In the past, I frequently ignored these updates. However, I read the articles this month and was quite impressed.
Thank you for the excellent work.
G. P.
Thank you!!
(Love the eagle stuff, this is so neat!)
K. G.
Montpelier, Ohio
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CMP Employees Hang Yellow Ribbons for Deployed Troops
By Dale Miles, CMP Staff Writer
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| Dozens of yellow ribbons such as this were hung in Port Clinton and Oak Harbor, Ohio to honor the men and women of the
200th Red Horse Air National Guard Squadron that is being
deployed to a classified location
in the next couple months. |
Driving through the twin lighthouses that guard the entrance to Camp Perry, the home of the National Rifle and Pistol Matches and CMP Headquarters, a visitor must pass the home of the
200th Red Horse Ohio Air National Guard Squadron that sits adjacent to Camp Perry. The Red Horse Squadron is an Ohio Air National Guard Unit whose primary mission is to provide the Air Force with a highly mobile civil engineering response force to support contingency and special operations worldwide. They are self sufficient, 404-person mobile squadron capable of rapid response and independent operations in remote, high-threat environments worldwide. They provide heavy repair capability and construction support when requirements exceed normal base civil engineer capabilities and where Army engineer support is not readily available.
And sometime in the next couple of months, they are being deployed to a classified location.
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| CMP employee Kathy Williams helps tie a ribbon before it is hung. Kathy’s son, SGT Charles Elliott is currently deployed in Baghdad, Iraq as part of the 230th MP Company of the U.S. Army.
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Kathy Williams, a CMP employee whose son, SGT Charles Elliott is a member of the
230th MP Company of the U.S. Army currently deployed in Baghdad, Iraq was the first to let the CMP know of the Red Horse’s deployment. Along with Susannah Charlton of the local Family Readiness group, she organized an effort to hang yellow ribbons throughout the neighboring towns of Oak Harbor and Port Clinton in honor of the Guardsmen and women being deployed.
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| The CMP employees who took time out of their day to hang yellow ribbons. Front row: Dana Bacak (left) and Sheri Judd. Middle row (left to right): Kathy Williams, Mike Conrad, Lue Contreras. Back row: Shannon Hand (left) and Christie Sewell. Employees Jan Meyer and Dale Miles
are not pictured.
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A crew of CMP employees took an hour out of their day on September 9th to converge on Oak Harbor and festoon the light poles and signs that line Water Street, the main street that passes through downtown Oak Harbor, the next town west from Camp Perry and the home of the
200th Red Horse Squadron. In Port Clinton, a group of ten individuals from the Red Horse Squadron and the local Army Reserve unit, and their families, took to the streets to make sure that town was properly decorated.
The yellow ribbons will serve as a reminder of the sacrifice these military units are making for their country and the thanks that all American citizens owe to them. They will remain as a symbol of the pride and appreciation that the local community has in the
200th Red Horse Squadron and as a wish for a quick and safe return of these men and women to their families, homes and country.
For more information about the 200th Red Horse Squadron go to http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/200rh.htm.
For more information about the Family Readiness program in Ohio, go to http://www.ohionationalguard.com/fa/.
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| CMP employees
Christie Sewell (left) and Shannon Hand (right) took part in the ribbon
hanging. Here they decorate a downtown
Oak
Harbor
light pole. |
Sheri Judd
and Mike Conrad of the CMP work together to hang ribbons in
Oak
Harbor
. The CMP and the 200th Red Horse have worked together on many
projects at
Camp
Perry
, hanging ribbons to wish them a safe return from
Iraq
is a small gesture of thanks. |
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